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The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
The stated intent was to recruit "intelligent individuals" by presenting a series of puzzles to be solved; no new puzzles were published on January 4, 2015. A new clue was posted on Twitter on January 5, 2016. [5] [6] Cicada 3301 posted their last verified OpenPGP-signed message in April 2017, denying the validity of any unsigned puzzle. [7]
Some pairs of contronyms are true homographs, i.e., distinct words with different etymologies which happen to have the same form. [7] For instance cleave "separate" is from Old English clēofan, while cleave "adhere" is from Old English clifian, which was pronounced differently.
The Brood, a 1979 horror film directed by David Cronenberg; Brood (comics), an alien species from the Marvel Comics universe; The Brood (professional wrestling), and The New Brood, WWF professional wrestling stables in 1999 "The Brood", an episode of the television series of Exosquad; Brood, the dragon clan in Breath of Fire III
Deadpal [7] – A small Brood born from Deadpool's body after a failed transformation. Devros [18] – A former Kree turned Brood. Dive-Bomber [46] – A Brood Mutant that can fly with the wings on its back. He was killed by Havok. Dzilòs [6] – A Brood killed by Wolverine. Empress Brood [50] – Fang [51] – An Imperial Guard turned Brood. [18]
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
WordNet is a lexical database of semantic relations between words that links words into semantic relations including synonyms, hyponyms, and meronyms. The synonyms are grouped into synsets with short definitions and usage examples. It can thus be seen as a combination and extension of a dictionary and thesaurus.